Why are people Loners and hate society?What causes this anti-social behavior?

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• Gideon- You are very smart, that is the best answer i've seen on this AnswerBag site. you are very bright!!! I think that is why some people are not too friendly and out going any more,due too the fact we are not allowed to talk to strangers, trust any one in general,

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  by HappyGoLucky on June 12th, 2007

• Thank you for the compliments. You have a point; we are taught suspicion and fear of others as habit now. When you start from a point of mistrust, it makes it that much harder to connect.

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  by Gideon on June 13th, 2007

• I think you're missing a couple of key points here in your argument. While I agree that the world is becoming far too cyber and not enough human-to-human interaction, I think you're blaming too much on the internet. No one's stopping you from going outside and you can blame youtube all you want, but eventually people WILL get tired of the cat videos. And it isn't as though friends online aren't friends just because you haven't met them in person. If it were a penpal with real pen and paper, you wouldn't be saying the friendship is invalid. But somehow because the internet is instant it makes the friendship not a true friendship. Unfair, I might add, because one of my closest friends is online and she HAS been there and continues to be there in my times of crisis (and vice versa of course). That's not to say I don't have a real life friend who acts in the same fashion that I see at least once a week. It just means that they are different, but equally valuable friendships.
  
  And I think that a lot of today's youth (a category which I still vaguely fall into) needs to be a little more unplugged and get out there. But it stands to reason that if the world is becoming a cyber community that by NOT participating within that community you are isolating yourself as much as you would be by becoming a hermit within your home. Point, here we are arguing the philosophical value of computers and anti-socialism in the forum that allows for the widest audience to receive our opinions.
  
  And lastly, I think you ended with possibly THE harshest, most unforgiving generalization that you possibly could. "What you end up with is a lonely, unaccomplished person who fails to see he is responsible for his own life and future." Seriously? Have we not realized that it is the anti-social nerds who never quite "fit in" during his pivotal young-years that has mastered the art of building computers, software, and the technology of the future? Technology that we all will inevitably have to learn and end up using on a daily basis. Do you really think that the majority of the youth hasn't figured out that there are consequences to actions? Maybe a lot of people can ignore them (not all of them as young as we'd like to believe and not all of them coming from this new plugged in generation), but there are kids out there coming to hard truths and taking the initiative to make something of their lives at earlier and earlier ages. Some of that's coming from parents, teachers, friends--and yes, even the media. But some of it is coming from a generation of kids that understand that although they have instant gratification, it comes at a price. Kids aren't plugged in just because the media is encouraging them to play violent video games and telling teens that they can meet their soulmates instantly online. It's because there is a market, a job, a secure future in knowing and understanding this new cyber world.
  
  I'm not saying we aren't losing something. I just think you're overlooking a few large factors and taking too wide of steps with your generalizations.
  
  Loners, anti-socialism... I wouldn't make snap judgments about people. They tend to come back and bite you in the ass.

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  by skids on October 4th, 2011